Socially acceptable Christmas alcohol but weed is not ok?

Weed stinks, and anyone who says "oh it depends on the strain / barely anyone can smell it / I use deodorant" is delusional; you stink.

Do edibles if you must, but people who use weed are so unbelievably boring - even more boring than drinkers, because the pot users think they're better than the drinkers and want everyone to know how superior and chilled out they are, and how cool and young and hip they are (bonus boring points if they vape it).

For a drug that's supposed to chill people out, I've never met a less chill group of people in my life.

I don’t see the issue with it!

If you really need other people to explain the difference, maybe time to cut down on the weed eh?

Where I live most anti social behaviour is drug based, including weed/skunk.

Plus if someone is drunk it's quite obvious and you can avoid them. Drugs make people unpredictable and it isnt always obvious they are under the influence until they kick off.

I despise the current weed/CBD solves everything snake oil sales pitches. The advert with Claudia W taking CBD particularly annoys me because it says nothing. They cant make claims because it hasnt been proved and yet they sell it on the basis that whatever your ill, you'll be grand with a couple of drops or by microdosing.

BTW I don't drink.

A lot of people are of the mindset that smoking weed is harmless. It isn't. It produces similar effects tp alcohol if you smoke enough of it.
Why do you think roadside tests include it when stopped by the police?

No one in my house will be drinking in the morning.

Most of the adults (excepting drivers) will have a glass of wine or a beer with their meal but no one’s personality will change, nor will they be poisoned, fighting or having memory loss. No will get close to drunk or be remotely hung over on Boxing day.

Weed is illegal. It smells dreadful. It impacts long term mental health.

I wouldn’t let anyone who smelled of weed over the doorstep.

If children are present, 100% agree. Years ago, I was involved in a development project one Christmas in South America. Had been there for months so no longer a novel presence. Thus it was a surprise to find most of the village children at our hut on Christmas Day. It sunk in that we were likely the only sober adults around and the kids just instinctively moved to a place that felt safer. Kids know when adults are not fully present or wholly able to keep them (feeling) safe.

Nothing is going to persuade me that smoking weed around kids on Christmas Day is acceptable. Sorry.

In part of my family both are socially acceptable. My cousin’s Christmas gatherings have as much weed being smoked as alcohol being drunk….

I don't use drugs and dislike the effect cannabis has on other people. You might think it doesn't have an effect, just 'relaxes you' or whatever, but I can assure you I find people far more boring after it. Ditto find people boring when they drink too much, but a few glasses of wine with dinner is different. It is a social activity and has a long history as a celebratory activity, so is it surprising it's perceived differently?

It is socially acceptable in my world. My mum has been high/ stoned every Christmas I can remember, in the evening once she’d cooked the dinner. I grew up with it. I stopped a couple of years after I left home.
I think being stoned/ high is usually really antisocial, especially for the people that don’t do it. Conversation goes to absolute crap - either people are mainly silent or spouting nonsense about vapour trails and how COVID was a hoax or they are laughing their heads off hysterical at a rerun of the vicar of dibley for no reason. Everyone sits around with red eyes in their own world. It’s really depressing.
Alcohol though obviously has its own drawbacks is better for socialising in moderation.
Weed etc don’t really have a “moderation” as such. It doesn’t make people more gregarious, it makes them withdrawn so even a little can turn a normally very interesting person into a total bore.

The mental health spiral my brother went into from weed killed him. I will go ballistic at my kids if I find them dabbling in it unless prescribed at known dosages.

I'm sure there will be other families out there who have similar horrific stories about alcohol destroying lives.

BUT, at the end of the day one is legal and the other isn't.

Some people smoke weed, some don't. Most people don't want smoking in their house so if you do smoke anything you should go outside as a guest. But in your own home just smoke away!

I don't think weed is more damaging than alcohol or tobacco. To the majority of users. It's a shame done people use it despite the fact it exacerbates their MH issues rather than helps them.

It can be very helpful to some people. And also just fun to do on a special occasion like Xmas where you're going to be eating lots of food!

Exactly this. I can be fairly sure no one has been trafficked or exploited for me to enjoy my glass of wine.

Lighten up OP - don’t be a fun sponge

I see no harm in having a few drinks over Christmas, but weed smells absolutely horrible. If you drink responsibly then a few drinks is absolutely fine. I'm driving tomorrow, so won't be drinking until after I get home, and even then I might not bother. I'm having a small one tonight though, to toast my dad as this is the first Christmas since he passed away in June.

I wouldn't be against cannabis being legalised, if you take the smoke element out of it then it is less harmful than alcohol.
The difficulty is that is illegal so when we're talking about doing it around children it does blur the lines of what's right and wrong. Older teenagers could have more critical thinking around the law and right or wrong/grey areas. Children/young teens can't, they need clear boundaries and one of those is we do not break the law.

Where are you getting your weed from?
Drug dealers exploiting children through county lines or grown in uk 'cannabis factories' using people trafficked into the uk through debt bondage, hardly harmless as going to the supermarket is it?

Also, since when has alcohol in the morning been considered acceptable 😆 I think you are going overboard trying to prove your point. Weed is equally unacceptable with breakfast!

This. So many times I’ve been cornered by some tedious tipsy bore with red wine breath or beer breath. It absolutely smells. You can smell it on them the next day too if they’ve had a skinful 🤮

Maybe in your circles, weed is socially acceptable but not in my circles. If your people think casual drug use is ok then, it just seems you move in more psychedelic circles than normal. Most people accept the law, where alcohol isn’t illegal and therefore is socially acceptable

This ^

Both make you incredibly boring to talk to. There are few things worse than being cornered by a pot head (apart from being cornered by a drunk or a coke fiend).

Having seen first hand how weed addiction can destroy families I would not agree it is hsrmless. I think the key thing is qty - adults being wasted on alcohol or weed is not good for kids to be around. But if to chose between someone having a glass of wine with a meal, or a joint - the glass wins every time!

I know people who have a christmas day joint. I don't partake but I see no issues with it